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WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station. Below are our most recent top recording reports for the past week. The next new airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KING OF THE ROAD – A TRIBUTE TO ROGER MILLER | VARIOUS ARTISTS | BMG |
| 2 | LEAKY BOOT JUG BAND | Re-Boot | Self-Released |
| 3 | AMY HELM | This Too Shall Light [Advance Tracks] | Yep Roc |
| 4 | PAUL MCCARTNEY | Egypt Station | Capitol |
| 5 | KOOKS, THE | Let’s Go Sunshine | AWAL |
| 6 | LIZANNE KNOTT | Anthology | Transoceanic |
| 7 | NEW REVEILLE | The Keep | Loud And Proud |
| 8 | PAUL SIMON | In A Blue Light | Legacy |
| 9 | RACHELLE COBA | Blink | American Showplace |
| 10 | RICHARD THOMPSON | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 11 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | The Crossing | Yep Roc |
| 12 | BAND OF HEATHENS, THE | A Message From The People Revisited [Advance Tracks] | BOH |
| 13 | ELISAPIE | The Ballad Of The Runaway Girl | Bonsound |
| 14 | GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS | The Waves, The Wake | Nettwerk |
| 15 | IRON AND WINE | Weed Garden [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 16 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Back Roads And Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 17 | LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III | Years in the Making | Story Sound |
| 18 | NAKIA | Blues Grifter | Kiachia |
| 19 | SIS | Euphorbia | Native Cat |
| 20 | VANESSA COLLIER | Honey Up | Self-Released |
| 21 | AMOS LEE | My New Moon | Dualtone |
| 22 | ANA POPOVIC | Like It On Top | ArtisteXclusive |
| 23 | ANNA CALVI | Hunter | Domino |
| 24 | BEN PIRANI | How Do I Talk To My Brother? | Colemine |
| 25 | CHRISTY HAYS | River Swimmer | Nine Mile |
| 26 | CRYSTAL SHAWANDA | Voodoo Woman | Self-Released |
| 27 | DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE | Downey To Lubbock | Yep Roc |
| 28 | DAVID DAVIS AND THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS | Didn’t He Ramble: Songs Of Charlie Poole | Rounder |
| 29 | DAWES | Passwords | HUB |
| 30 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | Thank You For Today | Atlantic |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger | Appalsongs |
| 2 | GRIP WEEDS | Trip Around the Sun | Jem |
| 3 | ASHLEIGH FLYNN AND THE RIVETERS | Ashleigh Flynn And The Riveters | Self-Released |
| 4 | URAL THOMAS AND THE PAIN | The Right Time | Loving Empire |
| 5 | CHRIS CARDWELL | Burning Heart | Lotuspoo |
| 6 | SOMEONE YOU CAN XRAY | Hot ‘N Fresh | Self-Released |
| 7 | BLACK LILLIES, THE | Stranger To Me [Advance Tracks] | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | OLIVER JAMES | “Swimming Horses” [Single] | Wire And Wood |
| 9 | BEN PIRANI | How Do I Talk To My Brother? | Colemine |
| 10 | CARL BROEMEL | Wished Out | Stocks In Asia |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NES | Ahlam | ACT |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | BARRIO MANOUCHE | Aires de Cambio | double0one |
| 4 | BLUE DAHLIA, THE | La Tradition Americaine | Self-Released |
| 5 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 6 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 7 | GENTICORUM | Avant l’orage | Self-Released |
| 8 | GROUNDATION | The Next Generation | HST Roots |
| 9 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 10 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | Lost Souls | Ume |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLOOD ORANGE | Negro Swan | Domino |
| 2 | GORILLAZ | The Now Now | Parlophone/Warner Bros. |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Be Great” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Unity” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Focus” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Storm Is Coming” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | FULTON COUNTY | “Flam Boi Ant” (Remix) [Single] | JLawson |
| 8 | MANNY | “All About This Green” [Single] | So Tuff |
| 9 | ST RIDAH | “Never Trust” [Single] | 24K |
| 10 | DENZEL CURRY | TA1300 | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARIANNA NEIKRUG | Changes | Concord |
| 2 | KANDACE SPRINGS | Indigo | Blue Note |
| 3 | LUCIA JACKSON | You And The Night And The Music | Roni |
| 4 | PETE MCCANN | Pay For It On The Other Side | McCannic |
| 5 | POST MODERN JUKE BOX | The New Classics | Concord |
| 6 | SARAH REICH | New Change | Tap |
| 7 | YELLOW JACKETS | Raising Our Voices | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | KAMASI WASHINGTON | Heaven And Earth | Young Turks |
| 9 | JOHN COLTRANE | Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album | Impulse |
| 10 | STEVE TURRE | The Very Thought Of You | Smoke Sessions |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | 9 THEORY | Good Morning From A Nuclear Ghost | Elite Frequency Group |
| 2 | ANDREW BAYER | In My Last Life | Anjunabeats |
| 3 | DORIAN CONCEPT | The Nature Of Imitation | Brainfeeder |
| 4 | GORILLAZ | The Now Now | Parlophone/Warner Bros. |
| 5 | PLUKO | sixteen | Foreign Family Collective |
| 6 | HELENA HAUFF | Qualm | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | ROSS FROM FRIENDS | Family Portrait | Brainfeeder |
| 8 | STEVE HAUSCHILDT | Dissolvi | Ghostly International |
| 9 | ETHAN GOLD | Expanses (Teenage Synthstrumentals) | Electrik Gold |
| 10 | REJOICER | Energy Dreams | Stones Throw |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RIO MIRA | Marimba Del Pacifico | AYA |
| 2 | UJI | Alborada! | ZZK |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RAH CASHIANO | “Bandz” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRISTIAN SANDS | Facing Dragons | Mack Avenue |
| 2 | JUSTIN KAUFLIN | Coming Home | Qwest |
| 3 | YELENA ECKEMOFF | Better Than Gold And Silver | L and H |
Electronic / Dance “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARIBOU STATE | Kingdoms Of Colour | Counter |
| 2 | UJI | Alborada! | ZZK |